"We Have Not Yet Finalised...It Will Be Done In January" - BCCI President Roger Binny Says Women's IPL Details To Be Finalised After T20 World Cup

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Roger Binny, stated that the auction date of the first edition of the Women’s IPL and the overseas player rule will be finalized by January. The BCCI approved a six-team Women’s IPL for next year at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on October 18.

While the Men’s IPL has a limit of four foreign players in the playing XI, Binny stated that they are looking to change that rule for the Women’s tournament. However, the details as to how the BCCI is going to proceed further with the teams and the player selections haven’t been finalized yet.

Some franchises have already expressed their interest, and the BCCI had earlier said that existing franchises in the men’s IPL would be given priority to acquire the Women’s team before inviting bids from other interested parties.

We Will Have Five Foreigners Instead Of Four – Roger Binny

“Everything was in place and they needed to conduct the auction. Even the franchises have also come. Now, we just got to sit and finally do the auction. The thought process is we will have five foreigners instead of four. That will be the extra addition into the IPL. We have not yet finalized…it will be done in January,” Binny told reporters on the sidelines of Tamil Nadu Cricket Association’s 90th annual day.

On domestic contracts for cricketers, one of the key promises made by the previous president Sourav Ganguly, Binny said it’s too soon to touch anything. “We will take this slowly. In the next year or so, we want to look at the types of pitches we have, the structures we can put in the system. We will sit down and discuss. We will get in players who have played a lot for the country, who have played a lot for the states. Some of them have played for their states for years without playing for the country. (We will) get them all together, come up with some plan and then take it forward from there,” he said.

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